| Place | Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Java |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART90933.003 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | image: 8.5 x 10; sheet: 10.4 x 11.5 cm; page: 37 x 27.8 cm |
| Object type | |
| Physical description | drypoint printed on Japanese Mulberry paper mounted on watercolour paper |
| Maker |
Parkin, Ray |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1943-1956 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
The lifeboat at Princes Island
Description
A lifeboat tied to a buoy at the water's edge. Five naked male figures are carrying supplies and preparing the ship to leave. In the distance is a mountain with cloud on top, and seen at right is a timber building frame standing in the water. The print is included in a folio of drypoints that were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop while they were prisoners of war (POWs) together on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop delivered the collection of drawings and paintings to Parkin on his return to Melbourne. As an expression of gratitude to Dunlop for hiding the drawings at great risk to his own safety, Parkin proceeded to make prints of the drawings and presented them to Dunlop in a bound folio in 1956. A single watercolour, dated 1943, is the only original painting from Parkin's POW experience to be included in the folio.
Presented by the Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Estate through the Cultural Gifts Program1999